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nasai-kubra:1937ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim from his father > Ṣāliḥ b. Khawwāt > Sahl b. Abū Ḥathmah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in offering the fear prayer. Some formed a row behind him and some formed a row facing the enemy. He led them in praying one rak'ah, then they moved away and the others came, and he led them in praying one rak'ah, then they got up and each (group) made up the other rak'ah. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1536)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٩٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ خَوَّاتٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «صَلَّى بِهِمْ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ فَصَفَّ صَفًّا خَلْفَهُ وَصَفًّا مُصَافِّي الْعَدُوِّ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ هَؤُلَاءِ وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ قَامُوا فَقَضَوْا رَكْعَةً رَكْعَةً»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
nasai:1536ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim from his father > Ṣāliḥ b. Khawwāt > Sahl b. Abū Ḥathmah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in offering the fear prayer. Some formed a row behind him and some formed a row facing the enemy. He led them in praying one rak'ah, then they moved away and the others came, and he led them in praying one rak'ah, then they got up and each (group) made up the other rak'ah.  

النسائي:١٥٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ خَوَّاتٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى بِهِمْ صَلاَةَ الْخَوْفِ فَصَفَّ صَفًّا خَلْفَهُ وَصَفًّا مُصَافُّو الْعَدُوِّ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ هَؤُلاَءِ وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ قَامُوا فَقَضَوْا رَكْعَةً رَكْعَةً  

nasai:1545Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥasan > Ḥajjāj b. Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Yazīd al-Faqīr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in offering the fear prayer. One row stood in front of him and another row stood behind him. He led those who were behind in prayer, bowing once and prostrating twice, then they moved forward until they took the place of their companions, and the others came and took their place, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in prayer, bowing once and prostrating twice, then he said the taslim, so the Prophet ﷺ had prayed two rak'ahs and they had prayed one.  

النسائي:١٥٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ حَجَّاجِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الْفَقِيرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى بِهِمْ صَلاَةَ الْخَوْفِ فَقَامَ صَفٌّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَصَفٌّ خَلْفَهُ صَلَّى بِالَّذِينَ خَلْفَهُ رَكْعَةً وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ هَؤُلاَءِ حَتَّى قَامُوا فِي مَقَامِ أَصْحَابِهِمْ وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ فَقَامُوا مَقَامَ هَؤُلاَءِ وَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَكْعَةً وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ فَكَانَتْ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَكْعَتَانِ وَلَهُمْ رَكْعَةٌ  

ahmad:3364ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Abū Bakr / Ibn Abū al-Jahm > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allahﷺ performed the prayer of fear, with those behind him forming a row, and another row equivalent to the enemy. He prayed with them one unit of prayer, then these (those who were behind him) went to the position of these (those equivalent to the enemy), and these (those equivalent to the enemy) came (forward), and he prayed with them one unit of prayer, then he said the tasleem. So it was two units for the Prophetﷺ and one unit for each group.  

أحمد:٣٣٦٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي الْجَهْمِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ بِذِي قَرَدٍ صَفًّا خَلْفَهُ وَصَفًّا مُوَازِيَ الْعَدُوِّ وَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَى مَصَافِّ هَؤُلَاءِ وَجَاءَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ فَكَانَتْ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَلِكُلِّ طَائِفَةٍ رَكْعَةً  

tabarani:4919Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > al-Rukayn b. al-Rabīʿ b. ʿUmaylah al-Fazārī > al-Qāsim b. Ḥassān > Zayd b. Thābit > Saʾaltuh > Ṣalāh al-Khawf

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah stood up and prayed with them. Then a row stood behind him and a row opposing the enemy, and he prayed with them one rak'ah. Then those (in the back row) went to the place of those (in the front row), and those (in the front row) came forward and he prayed with them one rak'ah, then he turned away."  

الطبراني:٤٩١٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنِ الرُّكَيْنِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ عُمَيْلَةَ الْفَزَارِيِّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْخَوْفِ؟ فَقَالَ

«قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ فَقَامَ صَفٌّ خَلْفَهُ وَصَفٌّ مُوَازٍ الْعَدُوَّ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَى مَصَفِّ هَؤُلَاءِ وَجَاءَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ»  

bayhaqi:6048Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Asīd b. ʿĀṣim > al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥafṣ > Sufyān > Abū Bakr b. Abū Jahm > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed the prayer of fear with a group carrying monkeys. He lined them up in rows, with a row parallel to the enemy. He prayed a Rak'ah with them, then these people went to the forefront, and those people came and prayed a Rak'ah with the Prophet ﷺ , then they greeted him. Sufyan said: The Prophet ﷺ prayed two Rak'ahs and each group prayed one Rak'ah.  

البيهقي:٦٠٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَسِيدُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي جَهْمٍ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةُ الْخَوْفِ بِذِي قَرَدٍ فَصَفَّ خَلْفَهُ صَفٌّ وَصَفٌّ مُوَازِي الْعَدُوِّ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَى مَصَافِّ أُولَئِكَ وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ فَصَلُّوا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ فَكَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَلِكُلِّ طَائِفَةٍ رَكْعَةٌ  

bayhaqi:6050Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Ṣaghānī > Qabīṣah b. ʿUqbah > Sufyān > al-Rukayn > al-Qāsim b. Ḥassān > Atayt Fulān b. And Dīʿah Fasaʾaltuh > Ṣalāh al-Khawf > Āyt Zayd b. Thābit Fāsʾalh Faʾatayt Zayd Fasaʾaltuh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the prayer of fear, so he arranged the rows behind him and the rows parallel to the enemy. He prayed with them one unit of prayer, then these people went to the place of those people, and those people came to the place of these people, so he prayed with them one unit of prayer, then he gave the salaam.  

البيهقي:٦٠٥٠مَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ ثنا قَبِيصَةُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الرُّكَيْنِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ فُلَانَ بْنَ وَدِيعَةَ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْخَوْفِ فَقَالَ ايتِ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ فَاسْأَلْهُ فَأَتَيْتُ زَيْدًا فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ فَصَفَّ صَفًّا خَلْفَهُ وَصَفًّا مُوَازِي الْعَدُوِّ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَى مَصَافِّ هَؤُلَاءِ وَجَاءَ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَى مَصَافِّ هَؤُلَاءِ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ  

suyuti:360-2bSahl b. Abiá Ḥathmah
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السيوطي:٣٦٠-٢b

"عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِى حَثْمَةَ قَالَ: يَقُومُ الإِمَامُ فِى صَلاَةِ الْخَوْفِ، وَيَقَومُ صَفٌّ خَلْفَهُ، وَصَفٌّ مُوَازِى الْعَدُوِّ، فَيُصَلِّى بِهَؤُلاَءِ رَكْعَةً، فَإِذَا صَلَّى بهِمْ رَكْعَةً قَامُوا مَكَانَهُمْ وَالإِمَامُ قَائِمٌ، فَقَضَوْا رَكعَةً، ثُمَّ ذَهَبُوا إِلَى مَصَافِّ أُولَئِكَ، وَجَاءَ أُوَلَئِكَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكعَةً، ثُمَّ قَامُوا مَكَانَهُمْ فَقَضَوْا رَكْعَةً".  

[عب] عبد الرازق
suyuti:339-22bZayd b. Thābit > Suʾil > Ṣalāh al-Khawf
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السيوطي:٣٣٩-٢٢b

"عَنْ زَيْد بن ثَابِت أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْخَوْفِ فَقَالَ: قامَ رَسولُ الله ﷺ ، فَصَلَّى بِهِم، فَقَامَ صَفٌ خَلْفَهُ، وَصَفٌّ مُوَازِى الْعَدُوِّ، فَصَلَّى بِهِم رَكْعَة، ثمَّ ذَهَبَ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَى مَصَافِّ هَؤُلَاءِ، وَجَاءَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَصَلَّى بِهم رَكْعَةً، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق [ش] ابن أبى شيبة
suyuti:430-93bIbn Masʿūd
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السيوطي:٤٣٠-٩٣b

"عَنِ ابْن مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: كُنَّا معَ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ فَصَفَّ صَفّا خَلْفَهُ، وَصَفّا مُوَازىَ الْعَدُوِّ، وَهُمْ في صَلَاةٍ كُلُّهُمْ، فَكَبَّرَ وَكَبَّرُوا جَميعًا، فَصَلَّى بالصَّفِّ الَّذى

يَلِيهِ رَكْعَةً، ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ هَؤَلَاءِ، وَجَاءَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكعَةً، ثُمَّ قَامَ هو وَالَّذِى صَلَّى بِهِمْ الرَّكْعَةَ الثَّانيَةَ فَصَفُّوا مَكَانَهُمْ، ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ هَؤُلَاء إِلَى مَصَافِّ هَؤُلَاءِ، وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ فَقَضَوْا رَكْعَةً".  

[عب] عبد الرازق